Breast cancer survivors who gain weight may increase their risk of dying of the disease, reported scientists from the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research at the American Association for Cancer Research meeting on Tuesday.

CNN’s senior medical correspondent, Elizabeth Cohen, was traveling a few months ago when she noticed a man asking to opt out of the full-body scan at the airport security checkpoint, and getting a manual pat-down instead. In the …

Given the choice between a hot dog and a rotisserie chicken, any self-respecting health-conscious eater would choose the chicken. But according to a new study in the excellently named journal Meat Science, the chicken would be …

As workers continue to attempt to contain damage of the four reactors in Japan’s Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, residents of the country are becoming increasingly worried about the health risks associated with radiation …

Do cell phones cause cancer? We’d all like to know, but unfortunately there’s no clear answer — yet. Now an intriguing new study takes a first step toward a possible answer, suggesting that holding your cell phone to your ear …

The results of a promising recent clinical trial showed that an experimental drug prolonged life in patients with melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The drug, manufactured by Swiss drug giant Roche, targets a specific …